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there is still hope down here on wall street that u.s. lawmakers will have a deal. we are kind of to the downside. with that, i will send it back to you guys. dagen: what can we expect volume to look like? >> typically, any traders take the week off. a couple of days off. you have a lower volume. yesterday, there was a lot of conviction. volume was up considerably based on the one-week average. it has been a little bit better than usual. dagen: thank you so much, lauren. we will give people comments when they start. the white house saying president obama will veto the gop's plan b for the fiscal cliff saying it does not meet balance. douglas holtz aiken, former director of the budget office, joining us with more. if not now, then when the heck? >> hopefully by december 31. i think it is very important for us to avoid going over the fiscal cliff. all bad news for americans. you like to think that they are getting closer to gather. the fact that the white house rejected a plan b is not good. dagen: $1 trillion raised in revenue by congressman boehner's plan. that is p
there is still hope down here on wall street that u.s. lawmakers will have a deal. we are kind of to the downside. with that, i will send it back to you guys. dagen: what can we expect volume to look like? >> typically, any traders take the week off. a couple of days off. you have a lower volume. yesterday, there was a lot of conviction. volume was up considerably based on the one-week average. it has been a little bit better than usual. dagen: thank you so much, lauren. we will give...
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buying back 20 million shares of stock from the u.s. treasury. that's all of us. the government needs to sell 300 million shares it still holds at $70 a piece to break even on the 49.5 billion bail yut. we asked you, viewers, whether you thought the bailout was worth it. here is what you said. it saved gm and industry a lot of jobs. 32% say that. no, it cost taxpayers billions. and 23% say we have turned into a bailout nation. what do you think, boys? >> i think, look, what is the cost of this? i think $49 billion. they are obviously losing money if they sell it at $27. the break even was 50-something if they sold all the shares. they will lose money. what is the cost of letting a million jobs go? i don't know. john, what do you think? >> i think this is surprising for a lot of people. we are definitely losing money on this deal. we are losing anywhere from 9 billion to 13 billion. but if you think about how much jobs they say that saved, about, they say a million jobs, that is about $13,000 a job. we would have paid more than that in unemployment for all these pe
buying back 20 million shares of stock from the u.s. treasury. that's all of us. the government needs to sell 300 million shares it still holds at $70 a piece to break even on the 49.5 billion bail yut. we asked you, viewers, whether you thought the bailout was worth it. here is what you said. it saved gm and industry a lot of jobs. 32% say that. no, it cost taxpayers billions. and 23% say we have turned into a bailout nation. what do you think, boys? >> i think, look, what is the cost of...
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they have a u.s. project -- they have u.s. projects for which they are able to sell solar panels into, but that's not indicative of tangible demand in third party markets. >> that was actually last year. even better call there. is the run a short squeeze or something more now? joining us once again is gordon johnson. so, i mean, you recommended the short a long time ago. the trade is up despite the recent run. what do you do right now? >> what i would do right now if i was still short the stock, hold tight if it wasn't short, i would wait until after their analyst day, which is supposed to happen in january and then i would get aggressively short. >> you think there's going to be a pop on the analyst day from what they say? >> i think what's driven the stock higher is a number of things. you had first solar earn $1.27. we were at $1.35. you know where the bear is on the stock. the street was at 43 cents. the street was just massively off and the stock rallied. but what's really driven the stock from 16 to 32 is a very aggressi
they have a u.s. project -- they have u.s. projects for which they are able to sell solar panels into, but that's not indicative of tangible demand in third party markets. >> that was actually last year. even better call there. is the run a short squeeze or something more now? joining us once again is gordon johnson. so, i mean, you recommended the short a long time ago. the trade is up despite the recent run. what do you do right now? >> what i would do right now if i was still...
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a global agency and usaid, which which is the u.s. american aid in development. in kenya, ethiopia and other africa countries, we are with these small companies, helping them get bet are with what they do. as they grow and improve and their products get better they are sourcing more of their inputs, grain, wheat, from local growers and it is a fabulous virtuous cycle and so we are very involved this that right now. and our technologists are on the kbrund and heground and helping. it makes a difference for the food economy there. >> fantastic work. good for you. and good in other parts of the emerging world as well. thank you very much, ken pal. >> thank you. >> once again, top stock story right now is herbalife. trading down 11%. here is the news, noted investor bill ackman, broken by kate kelly here at cnbc, is short hern herbalife. he is betting the stock will fall. he essentially called it a pyramid scheme. which has been raised by others. the company denies that claim. bit way, the ceo came on with mandy and jim and herb and myself in july. i've posted the vi
a global agency and usaid, which which is the u.s. american aid in development. in kenya, ethiopia and other africa countries, we are with these small companies, helping them get bet are with what they do. as they grow and improve and their products get better they are sourcing more of their inputs, grain, wheat, from local growers and it is a fabulous virtuous cycle and so we are very involved this that right now. and our technologists are on the kbrund and heground and helping. it makes a...
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yet again i think the department and the u.s. government responded the way any u.s. government should have responded when they had that type of threat occur and where the attack had begun. no reason to question that aspect i suspect. >> thanks for joining us as always. up next more on all of this. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios >>> i take responsibility. i'm in charge of the state department. 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 posts. the president and the vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. >> that of course secretary of state hillary clinton accepting blame and saying she accepts every one of the recommendations from the independent panel ask suggested her own additional changes as well. some think she will be the next president of the united states, but could this take the bloom off the rose that is
yet again i think the department and the u.s. government responded the way any u.s. government should have responded when they had that type of threat occur and where the attack had begun. no reason to question that aspect i suspect. >> thanks for joining us as always. up next more on all of this. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't....
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the u.s. senate has done a very small part of it, unanimously passing a bill that allows federal officials to help local authorities respond to mass shootings or other violent crimes in public places, a jurisdictional thing. that's a start. that's something. but is it more possible now in a changed political landscape, in a changed country. what about the issue of federal research on guns? that's not allowed right now. back in the mid-'90s, an arkansas republican pushed an amendment through congress that is still in effect today. it strips the centers for disease control budget of $2.6 million specifically, because that is the exact amount the agency had spent on gun-related research. it also outlawed further research on gun control. that's what it says in the amendment. none of the funds made available for injury, prevention and control at the centers for disease control may be used to advocate or promote gun control that is still the law. or how about allowing the government to release the i
the u.s. senate has done a very small part of it, unanimously passing a bill that allows federal officials to help local authorities respond to mass shootings or other violent crimes in public places, a jurisdictional thing. that's a start. that's something. but is it more possible now in a changed political landscape, in a changed country. what about the issue of federal research on guns? that's not allowed right now. back in the mid-'90s, an arkansas republican pushed an amendment through...
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the u.s. trade panel has final approval over the duties and is expected to vote on the case in late january. >>> in corporate news, ubs hit with a $1.5 million fine today. that will add up, a few more of those. the swiss bank admitting to fraud, it paying bribes to brokers. and pervasive, they call it manipulation of libor by dozens of staff. the penalty was agreed to with u.s., u.k., and swiss regulators. it is more than three times the $450 million fine that was levied on barclays in june. the second largest fine ever on a paid -- paid by a bank. it only was topped by the $1.9 billion penalty that hsbc agreed to last week to settle that money laundering probe. >> crazy thing that stock's up. it's leading the exchange there today because people had been expecting maybe a slightly higher fine even than that. three times the amount. it was supposedly taking place for five to seven years, 30 to 40 traders have left. pretty pervasive. >> i wonder how much they -- they make money or lose money aft
the u.s. trade panel has final approval over the duties and is expected to vote on the case in late january. >>> in corporate news, ubs hit with a $1.5 million fine today. that will add up, a few more of those. the swiss bank admitting to fraud, it paying bribes to brokers. and pervasive, they call it manipulation of libor by dozens of staff. the penalty was agreed to with u.s., u.k., and swiss regulators. it is more than three times the $450 million fine that was levied on barclays in...
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the board did not find any individual u.s. government employee engaged in misconduct, willfully ignored his or her responsibilities and there are did not find reasonable cause an individual breached his or her duty. it's kind of wordy. bottom line, it's more incompetence than intentionally trying to undermine the duty of that particular mission. >> i have no doubt nobody intended for this to happen. but to say nobody is responsible is something else. it's negligent. nobody sat down and said how can we rig things so something like this terrible thing would happen. of course they didn't do that. i think when you don't say somebody was responsible, there were all these failures. it was a terrible situation, but nobody was responsible. that doesn't square with the facts. somebody's responsible. somebody didn't get the job done or didn't send the word up the chain of command or what have you. you got to accept that. >> the report kind of says everybody's responsible. i'm sure you know it like the back of your hand. >> that means no
the board did not find any individual u.s. government employee engaged in misconduct, willfully ignored his or her responsibilities and there are did not find reasonable cause an individual breached his or her duty. it's kind of wordy. bottom line, it's more incompetence than intentionally trying to undermine the duty of that particular mission. >> i have no doubt nobody intended for this to happen. but to say nobody is responsible is something else. it's negligent. nobody sat down and...
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., the u.s. military, targeting women in uniform. >> if you can even believe it. a new report shows the problem is growing, especially at military academies. our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, has heard some of the shocking stories. barbara, tell our viewers what you've learned. >> well, kate, i've had an advanced look at some parts of this study. defense secretary leon panetta has made it a priority to stop sexual assault in the military, at the service academies. that is far from happening. carlie marquette dreamed of going to the u.s. military academy at west point. once there, the dream became a nightmare. >> i remember him turning off the lights and me asking, what are you doing? and then he proceeded to rape me. >> reporter: many military women will tell you, they believe there's a greater chance they'll be raped by a fellow service member than killed in combat. and the risk of sexual assault is now growing, right from the time young people enter elite service academies. cnn has obt
., the u.s. military, targeting women in uniform. >> if you can even believe it. a new report shows the problem is growing, especially at military academies. our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, has heard some of the shocking stories. barbara, tell our viewers what you've learned. >> well, kate, i've had an advanced look at some parts of this study. defense secretary leon panetta has made it a priority to stop sexual assault in the military, at the service academies. that is...
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whether it's the u.s. or european countries, we can't ignore the problems, which is we're indeblted and runs high deficits and are not competitive enough. we have to make changes if we provide a decent standard of living for in generation and future generations, you can avoid the question as long as you like and the u.s. can play it out a bit longer. it has reserve currency. a lot of people want dollars in the world, but you have to confront problems and that's what we're doing in the uk. >> i was going to say, we have ran out a pretty damn long time, and it looks like chuck todd we're willing to talk about raising taxes, but neither side including my republican party are really going where they need to go on entitlements, medicare, medicaid, social security, defense spending. these areas where the big money is that's going to cripple us over the next 10 to 20 years. >> that's because it's not politically popular in either base. let's remember both parties demagogued med compaicare in th decade, and becaus
whether it's the u.s. or european countries, we can't ignore the problems, which is we're indeblted and runs high deficits and are not competitive enough. we have to make changes if we provide a decent standard of living for in generation and future generations, you can avoid the question as long as you like and the u.s. can play it out a bit longer. it has reserve currency. a lot of people want dollars in the world, but you have to confront problems and that's what we're doing in the uk....